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The Phantom Carriage (1921)

The Phantom Carriage (1921)

Drama Fantasy Horror

Do the Dead Come Back? Can Your Soul Leave Your Body...And Return Again?

Release Date: 1921, January 1
Directors: Victor Sjöström
Countries: Sweden
Production: SF Studios
Cast: Fridolf Rhudin, Edvin Adolphson, Julia Cæsar, Elof Ahrle, John Ekman, Anna-Lisa Baude, Mona Geijer-Falkner, Einar Axelsson, Helga Brofeldt, Lisa Lundholm, Signe Wirff, Josua Bengtson

Overview:

An alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well is shown the error of his ways through a legend that dooms the last person to die on New Year's Eve before the clock strikes twelve to take the reins of Death's chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year.

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